Robert J. Sawyer

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

by Rob - January 27th, 2011.
Filed under: Nonfiction.

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Mark
January 27th, 2011 at 5:46 pm

Interesting article. I’d have never thought that NASA would consult you and Jack McDevitt. (No offense, love you both!) I’m curious what you talked about.
Rob
January 27th, 2011 at 5:56 pm

We were both participating in a workshop at the NASA Ames Research Center on “The Future of Intelligence in the Cosmos.”
Kurt
February 1st, 2011 at 9:34 pm

Great article. As a bit of a jump (my mind, like God, works in mysterious ways), it put me in mind of a documentary that came out a couple years ago: “How William Shatner Changed the World”. It would be interesting to see a side-by-side timeline comparison of major scientific advancements and major works of SF. Just a thought.
Oh, and while I was reading, I thought of another purpose of SF – it serves as a touch-point for current scientific development. I don’t know how many times I’ve read through a good SF novel, only to have an “Aha” moment, and go off on a tangent to research current developments in nanotechnology or some such.
D A Hansen
February 16th, 2011 at 2:21 pm

Sorry – this is off topic BUT I’ve love to see your comments on IBM’s Watson pulling way ahead of Ken Jennings & Brad Rutter the 2nd day of the 3 day match. Natch, it makes me think of your Wake Watch Wonder trilogy. Did you know about Watson near the beginning of it’s development?